Review Vocabulary with Partner Can you say it? Can you define it? Can you say it in a sentence?

Rate the words as you come in. Do you know how to say the word? What it means? How to put it in a sentence? ? ? ? ? + ? + + ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Talk With an Astronaut

2 Minute Edit Read this sentence. Soon she was writing about other memorable events in her life, too. In which word does able mean the same as it does in the word memorable? A stable B lovable C tablet D fable Read this sentence. My dog, Tibbs, is a truly extraordinary animal. In this sentence, what does extraordinary mean? regular B amazing C imaginary D perplexed

Team Cooperation Goal Everyone Participates

Title: Talk With an Astronaut Reading Goal: Fact and Opinion Team Cooperation Goal: Everyone Participates Genre: Expository Author: Angela Bull

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TPS Facts/Opinions

What other people flew during the time that Amelia Flying Ace The story of Amelia Earhart Early life Happenings during her childhood Went to the St. Louis Fair and rode a roller coaster Loved the speed so much that she built a roller coaster at home Went to school and went to war to help with the soldiers that were hurt Went to Canada to help soldiers and saw those soldiers fly airplanes Moved to Los Angeles and saw an air show that ex- soldiers now flew Neta Snook gave Amelia her first lessons Later she bought her own airplane and started flying. How Amelia became famous Charles Lindbergh flew the Atlantic Putnam approached Amelia about flying the Atlantic Amelia flew the Atlantic but was only a co-pilot She became an instant celebrity The plane was called Friendship She married George Putnam, who had masterminded the first Atlantic trip George and Amelia decided that she should try flying the Atlantic alone May 20, 1932 was the day they decided She bought the plane with the money she accumulated as a celebrity She became a bigger celebrity Landed in Ireland Clothes designer Amelia Flies the Atlantic on her own!

Talk With an Astronaut

Ellen Ochoa’s life before becoming an astronaut Father didn’t want his children speaking Spanish because of the prejudices Didn’t feel that being Hispanic had any additional pressure Role models are important Mother was a big influence Mother finished college after 22 years Changed opinion about career many times Never considered being an astronaut because no females had been astronauts Operating the robot arm in space is challenging but fun Everything is harder to do in training They prepared for everything that could possibly go wrong in space Trained for 9 months Trained for 3 years before first mission Weightlessness is like being in a swimming pool Experiences as an astronaut

What would be a good question to develop Why does Ellen Ochoa talk to students about her life and career?

Team Talk Questions 1.Describe the setting on the space shuttle. 2.On Earth, Ellen dreams of _______, and in space she has_________. 3.Identify two facts in the text. 4.You can conclude from the text that…?

Partner Read- 15 minutes Put 2 sticky notes on words that are new or unfamiliar to you Read and restate pages 572 (Partner) Discuss with team words you clarified Find vocabulary words

Tree Map Decide as a group what the main idea was for each section Provide at least 3 details to support your main idea

Team Discussion-15minutes Discuss answers to team talk questions Team Talk procedures will be up! Write answers to question 1 and 3

#1 Reads the Question #2 Answers the Question #3 Agrees or disagrees with evidence from the text #4 Summarizes what the groups discussed

Class Discussion What words did your group clarify?

Writing Adventures- 15 min Tell about a dream you’ve had. Give at least two details about what happened in the dream. How did it make you feel?

Scoring Guide You answer the question25 points Your answer explains or describes with at least two details25 points Your answer makes sense and has Part of the question in it20 points Your answer is written in complete, correct sentences20 points Your writing has correct capitalization and punctuation10 points

Vocabulary Practice-10 min Who is to blame when students don’t accomplish their assignments on time? Some people think the students are influenced by their parents, and that the parents are primarily to blame. I have to make sure that students understand they cannot graduate if they don’t finish their homework. The principal at Oak Ridge Middle School selected me to help students finish their work. From now on, we will operate this school like an army base. Accomplish a.Finish b.Progress c.Fling d.activate Influenced a.Evacuated b.Afforded c.Interrupted d.Affected Primarily a.Partly b.Mostly c.Mainly d.Slowly Graduate a.Enter school b.Earn c.Purchase d.Finish school Selected a.Chose b.Sorted c.Saved d.Chased Operate a.Carve b.Convert c.Contain d.Control

Fluency – 5 min Page 566 Page 568

Fluency Rubric 100 pointsExpressiveness Smoothness Rate and correctness 90 pointsSmoothness Rate and correctness 80 pointsRate and correctness 70 pointsCorrectness

Preview 1.Describe Ellen Ochoa’s mother. 2.Identify one fact and one opinion from Ellen Ochoa’s discussion of NASA training. 3.Astronaut food is better than it used to be twenty years ago because…? 4.Identify two opinions from the text. 5.Describe Ellen Ochoa. 6.Ellen is not scared to travel in space because…?

Synonyms and Antonyms Synonyms-Words that mean the same Gorgeous-beautiful –stunning Antonyms-Words that mean the opposite Gorgeous-horrendous Fast-slow